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About Frances
A
professional writer for ten years, Frances Wood has published over 100
articles on birds and nature and continues to publish a syndicated monthly
column on bird watching for local newspapers. She has written three books.
Brushed by Feathers: A Year of Birdwatching in the West was recently
published by Fulcrum Publishin.Her other two books are Down to Camp:
A History of Summer Folk on Whidbey Island and Community at the
Crossroads: A History of Bayview on Whidbey Island.
Before becoming a writer and editor, Frances taught for many years. She earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees in art and teaching. Frances has painted and illustrated birds and flowers for sale and publication. She completed the Seattle Audubon's Master Birder class in 1995 and served as editor of Seattle Audubon's Earthcare Northwest for five years.
During
four recent winters, she has worked with the RARE Center for Tropical
Conservation in Mexico and Central America teaching an extensive bird
watching curriculum to local nature guides. The work with RARE has taken
her to the Mexican states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Chiapas and Baja California
Sur and into Guatemala and Honduras. She has coordinated bird monitoring
projects in Mexico as well as a Breeding Bird Survey for Island County
in Washington where she lives. Presently she is coordinating a Bluff Breeding
Bird Survey in partnership with the Island County Marine Resources Committee
and the whidbey Audubon Society..
Frances and her husband Bill Graves make their home on Whidbey Island, Washington..
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© 2003, 2004 by Frances L. Wood (e-mail)